Information and guidance on celebrating the seasons and feasts of the liturgical year.
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“Christ’s saving work is celebrated in sacred memory by the Church on fixed days throughout the course of the year. Each week on the day called the Lord’s Day the Church commemorates the Lord’s resurrection. Once a year at Easter the Church honours the resurrection of the Lord and his blessed passion with the utmost solemnity. In fact through the yearly cycle the Church unfolds the entire mystery of Christ and keeps the anniversaries of the saints.” (GNLY 1)
- General Norms for the Liturgical Year and Calendar (Church document which introduces the Church’s celebration of the liturgical year and how it is celebrated)
- Liturgical Seasons (Background information from the Liturgy Office)
- Cycle of Prayer
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The monthly Calendar pages on the Liturgy Office website provide information for each day about what is celebrated. The monthly pages for the liturgical year 2017 are now available. As well as the web pages there is a downloadable calendar which can be printed to A6 size and inserted in breviaries or missals.
Further details from the Liturgy Office site.
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Lent, Holy Week and Easter
, Pentecost
- Paschale Solemnitatis
(Letter concerning the preparation and celebration of the Easter feasts) - Season of Lent (Liturgy Office information for parish Liturgy groups)
- Resources for Lent Penitential Liturgies
- Fasting
- A Lent table prayer
- Participating in Lent as a family
- Reflections on the Stations of the Cross (Pray-as-you-Go)
- Christian Initiation – General Introduction
- Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults – Introduction
- RCIA resources for Lent, including Celebrating the Scrutinies
- Holy Week in the Roman Missal
- Easter Triduum
- The Processional Nature of Holy Week (Paul Turner)
- Exulting the Exultet (article by Paul Turner)
- Sundays of Easter
- Keeping the Vigil of Pentecost (article from Pastoral Liturgy)
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Advent and Christmas
- Season of Advent
- Advent Calendar (USCCB)
- CAFOD’s interactive online Advent calendar
- Blessing of an Advent Wreath
- Resources for Advent Penitential Liturgies
- Advent Scripture cards to assist penitents as part of their preparation for celebration of the Sacrament
- Season of Christmas
- Blessing of a Crib or Nativity scene
- Blessing of a Christmas tree
- Why 3 different Masses for Christmas? (Michael Kwatera OSB)
- Proclamation of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Audio)
(from the Roman Martyrology, sung on Christmas Eve) - The Announcement of Easter and the Moveable Feasts
(sung on the Epiphany) (Audio file) - Epiphany chalk house blessing
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Ordinary Time
- Ordinary Time
- Ordinary Time II — Solemnities
- Sundays of Ordinary Time III
- Sundays of Ordinary Time IV
- Sundays of Ordinary Time V
- Feasts of the Lord
